3. Ethiopia
Ethiopia wasn’t even on your mind when you wondered which countries found their way on our list of biggest hop producing countries in the world, but you should just look at the statistics for how much hops Ethiopia produced in the period range from 1994 to 2014. In this period of 20 years, Ethiopia produced 506,672 tonnes of hops which places it among the top three countries by production. In 2014, Ethiopia produced insanely 32,271 tonnes of hops from which 28,386 tonnes were harvested. Maybe you didn’t know it, but judging by this, Ethiopia is among the countries which are producing the highest quality hops in the world.